Hello,
I’m Rachel De Barros
If you’re ready to learn, laugh, and maybe smell a little burnt plastic along the way — you’re in the right place.
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Welcome To My Arduino Journey
If you’re here, there’s a good chance you have an idea in your head.
Maybe it’s a glowing skull.
Maybe it’s a motion-activated prop.
Maybe it’s a robot that absolutely should not be trusted.
Whatever it is — I’ve been there.
When I started with Arduino, I had never wired a circuit. I had never written a single line of code. I didn’t know the difference between a resistor and a raisin.
What I did know?
I wanted to build animatronics. I grew up obsessed with classic horror movies and Halloween. I wanted blinking eyes, creaking doors, glowing pumpkins, moving jaws — the whole mad scientist lab.
So I bought an Arduino… and immediately started copy-pasting code from the internet.
And it worked.
Until it didn’t.
Still Copy & Pasting Code?
MASTER ARDUINO FOR ANY PROJECT
There are thousands of tutorials online that show you exactly what to wire and exactly what to paste.
But what happens when:
- You change one component?
- You get a weird error?
- You want to build something original?
- Your servo starts twitching like it’s possessed?
That’s where most beginners get stuck.
That’s where I got stuck.
This website is my live journal — a documented journey from absolute beginner to building real, custom Arduino projects from scratch.
I built this site for the version of me who didn’t know what a PIR sensor was… but desperately wanted a skull’s eyes to glow red when someone walked by.
Along the way?
Start Here (Even If You’ve Never Touched a Wire)
1. Arduino Starter Kit Challenge
Go from zero experience to building and coding your own projects from scratch.
If you’ve never:
- Wired a circuit
- Uploaded code
- Used an LED
- Heard the term “pull-up resistor”
This is your path.
I walk through the most popular Arduino components step-by-step — LEDs, buttons, sensors, motors, sound modules, and more — so you can stop copying code and start understanding it.
By the end, you won’t just follow diagrams.
You’ll build your own creations.
2. Step-By-Step Guides
Project-based tutorials with code you can understand and modify.
These are hands-on builds that show you how to combine:
- Lights
- Sound
- Movement
- Sensors
- Wireless modules
- Motors and drivers
Want to build props?
Animatronics?
Escape room puzzles?
Interactive projects?
You’ll find working examples — but more importantly, explanations — so you can adapt everything to your own twisted (and brilliant) ideas.
3. Burnt Breadboard Society
Because building alone in a dark lab gets lonely.
The Burnt Breadboard Society isn’t just content.
It’s:
- Feedback on your wiring
- Help debugging your code
- Live workshops
- Project challenges
- Accountability to actually finish the thing
If you’re actively building (or planning to), this is your workshop crew.
Whether you’re making robots, haunted attractions, animatronic creatures, or just trying to get your stepper motor to stop screaming — you’ll have support.
